Perry (Oklahoma)
Noble County
40-58250
Perry is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Noble County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. In 2010, Perry had 5126 inhabitants.
Geography
Perry is located in north-central Oklahoma, 85 km south of the border to Kansas. The geographical coordinates are 36 ° 17'22 " north latitude and 97 ° 17'17 " west longitude. The city covers 17.7 square kilometers, spread over 15.7 km ² land and 2.0 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Perry are Red Rock (28,6 km northeast), Morrison (25,5 km to the east), Orlando (22,8 km southwest) and Lucien (16,1 km to the west ).
The nearest major cities are Wichita, Kansas (163 km north), Tulsa (127 km east), Oklahoma City (104 km south) and Amarillo, Texas ( 508 km west-southwest ).
Traffic
Along the western edge of Perry runs Interstate 35, which is the shortest route from Oklahoma City to Wichita to this section. In the center of Perry the U.S. Highways 64 and 77, the Oklahoma State Highway 86 intersect in Perry reaches its northern terminus. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Perry cross two railway lines of the BNSF Railway, the second largest railway company in the country.
The Perry Municipal Airport is located 11.4 km north of the city. The nearest major airport is 117 km south to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
History
1893 known as the Cherokee Strip, a 57 miles wide and 200 miles long strip of land along the border with Kansas, for the colonization was released by White. Thus, new towns, which included the present town Perry emerged within a very short time. The name of the newly created town goes back to J. A. Perry back, who was among the first local politicians at the time.
In 1902, the German Carl Frederick Malzahn with his sons Charlie and Gus a forge. From this later engineering firm The Charles Machine Works, Inc. emerged, which became known by brand Ditch Witch.
On April 19, 1995, terrorist Timothy McVeigh was arrested shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing of the Highway Patrol on Interstate 35 because of a missing license plate and possession of an unlicensed firearm in Oklahoma. Three days later, when he was still in prison by Perry he could be identified and handed over to the competent federal authorities.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010, lived in Perry 5126 people in 2150 households. The population density was 326.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2150 households lived statistically 2.32 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 85.4 percent white, 3.3 percent African American, 4.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 35,181. The per capita income was $ 17,066. 20.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Daniel Hodge ( born 1932 ) - wrestler, boxer and wrestler - born in Perry, where lives today
- Henry S. Johnston (1867-1965) - District Attorney of Noble County and later the seventh Governor of Oklahoma - lived and died in Perry
- Jack Swagger (* 1882) - Wrestler - born in Perry
- Jack van Bebber (1907-1986) - Olympic champion in wrestling in 1932 - Born in Perry